regardful
Americanadjective
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observant; attentive; heedful (often followed byof ).
a man regardful of the feelings of others.
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showing or feeling regard or esteem; respectful.
adjective
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(often foll by of) showing regard (for); heedful (of)
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showing regard, respect, or consideration
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Possibly we have become too regardful of things that we call luxuries .
From Time Magazine Archive
Ross, has "E'en now, regardful of his doom, Applauding Honour haunts his tomb."
From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Robert Carruthers
Her manner to her husband was faultless, and it kept him regardful of her slightest wish.
From Banked Fires by E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
Although Hayden proved himself reluctantly regardful of the butterfly lady's very evident desire to be left alone, he did not at once leave the hotel.
From The Silver Butterfly by Howard Chandler Christy
From the fields of their fate and their renown, see Talbot and Falkland, Wolfe and de Montfort arise, regardful of England and her action at this hour.
From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by J. A. (John Adam) Cramb
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